The White House plan to safeguard cyberspace

The plan to "reduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities and improve online privacy protections" floated in June by Howard Schmidt, the Cybersecurity Coordinator and Special Assistant to the President, is comprehensive and an important step in the right direction.

To its credit, the administration released the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) as a draft, realizing that something this big and complex needs input.